Greece's participation in the First World War - The unknown battles

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GREECE'S PARTICIPATION
IN WORLD WAR ONE

Thousands of pages have been written

about both the the National Schism
and the epic war in Asia Minor

which ultimately was completed with the
destruction and uprooting of the Greeks in Ionia.

Since those 2 events have monopolised discussions,

the general public doesn't know much
about Greece's participation in WWI.

For reasons that we don't need to mention now,

Greece might have been late in entering

the conflict between
the Central Powers and the Entente,

however during the short period that it participated

it achieved an important victory

and played an active role in the conclusion of the war

on the Macedonian Front.

Some might say that Greece was participating
in this conflict indirectly before 1917

since on the one hand Eleftherios Venizelos
with the National Defence Coup D'État

and on the other hand the Anglo-French

were trying to force Greece
to join the war in various ways.

The Bulgarians had invaded Macedonia in 1916

and remained there until 1918.

During the Bulgarian occupation,

they proceeded with thousands
of murders and destruction

along with looting important archaeological
and religious treasures.

Despite the Bulgarian occupation in Macedonia
starting in August 1916

Greece eventually entered the war in June 1917

when the French invaded Piraeus and bombed Athens

forcing the government to resign

and King Konstantinos abdicated the throne
and left the country.

Venizelos then returned to Athens
as the prime minister

and declared war on the Central Powers on 28 June.

During its brief participation in the war,

Greece had a minimal participation.

The first battle was against the Bulgarians
on the massif of Skra di Legen

on 30 May 1918.

Four months later, in September,
Greek forces also participate

in the final assault and dissolution of the enemy
on the Macedonian front in the Battle of Doirani.

Doirani is a lake which today is split between
the borders of Greece and Skopje.

The Greek Army had a small contribution
to the Entente's victory.

However, it was enough for Greece
to sit at the table on the winning side

and assert territorial gains.

Now let's go back to the battles though.

In May 1916,

the Bulgarians took Fort Roupel without a fight,

and went all the way to Skra

where they occasionally skirmished
with the Anglo-French troops.

The Entente wanted to stop the Bulgarians
from sending troops westward

to reinforce the Germans on other fronts.

Therefore it kept them confined there,

blocking off the pass from the Skra massif.

On the other hand,
Greece which had now entered the war